RECAP2021-W4217 OCT TO 24 OCT 2021
Week of 17 Oct 2021The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
83
-23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
57
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
53
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
OUT NOW
9
PIECES
9 writers · 9 outlets
RW
FB
AB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Microsoft Flight Simulator
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5
PIECES
4 writers · 5 outlets
TP
FG
JD
TRENDING▲ +1500%
Resident Evil 4 VR
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4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
CC
BH
KI
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
FG
Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Game of the Year, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Microsoft Flight Simulator
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (3), Saturday (1).
DH
Daniel Hollis
Writing about The Forgotten City, Supraland, The Good Life
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
JA
James ArcherRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Monster Hunter Rise, Crysis Remastered Trilogy
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1).
PO
Pj O'Reilly
Writing about Crysis Remastered Trilogy, Crysis 3 Remastered, Crysis 2 Remastered
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3).
ET
Ed Thorn
Writing about New World: Aeternum, Salt and Sacrifice
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 52 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.